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CVE-2016-10150

Kernel: Kvm: a use-after-free while creating devices

Published Modified CWE 264, 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the kvm_ioctl_create_device function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.13 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted ioctl calls on the /dev/kvm device.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11linux4.8.15-1
debian 12linux4.8.15-1
debian 13linux4.8.15-1
debian 14linux4.8.15-1
echolinux4.8.15-1
root.io debian 11rootio-linux4.8.15-1
root.io debian 12rootio-linux4.8.15-1
root.io debian 13rootio-linux4.8.15-1
ubuntu 16.04linux-hwe, linux-hwe-edge4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlinux-hwe, linux-hwe-edge4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
ubuntu 16.10linux, linux-raspi24.8.0-37.39 and 1 more
Show all 14 entries from 11 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11linux4.8.15-1
debian 12linux4.8.15-1
debian 13linux4.8.15-1
debian 14linux4.8.15-1
echolinux4.8.15-1
root.io debian 11rootio-linux4.8.15-1
root.io debian 12rootio-linux4.8.15-1
root.io debian 13rootio-linux4.8.15-1
ubuntu 16.04linux-hwe4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04linux-hwe-edge4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlinux-hwe4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlinux-hwe-edge4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
ubuntu 16.10linux4.8.0-37.39
ubuntu 16.10linux-raspi24.8.0-1024.27

References

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